Wendy Pulling joined the Board in 2020. She also serves as a member of the Council of Institutional Investors’ Asset Owners Advisory Council. In 2019, she was hired as the first Director of ESG Integration at UC Investments. In this role, she is responsible for integrating material environmental sustainability, social responsibility and corporate governance factors into the investment process. Prior to joining UC Investments, Ms. Pulling was the Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in California from 2011-2016, where she led the statewide team responsible for developing and implementing conservation strategies. From 2000-2011, she was Director of Environmental Policy for Pacific Gas & Electric Company, where she championed, created and led corporate sustainability programs around climate change, environmental justice and habitat stewardship. Before that, she spent ten years as an Assistant Regional Counsel at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and as a Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Ms. Pulling received her J.D. from Stanford Law School, and her B.A. in History from Princeton University.

June Yu joined the Board in 2024. She is Vice President for National Laboratories (UCNL) at the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), where she oversees the interactions with the UCOP, UC campuses, national labs, LLC partners, the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration, and is responsible for the management oversight and governance of three national laboratories - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  June joined UCOP in 2014 as Executive Director for National Laboratory Programs and was appointed Associate Vice President in 2020. Prior to UCOP, June had a distinguished career at LLNL, where she led research efforts in collaboration with scientific discipline organizations and interfaced with laboratory support organizations and all three Mission directorates.  June holds a doctorate in optical sciences from the University of Arizona.

Michael Brown joined the Board in 2022. He was appointed provost and executive vice president at the University of California in 2017, after serving as dean at UC Santa Barbara Extension and as a professor in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology since 1993. As provost, Dr. Brown oversees the systemwide academic affairs of the University. Dr. Brown was elected fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2001. His research examines the cultural variables underlying career and educational choices, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and women. He received his B.A. from UC Irvine and his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University.

Craig Leasure joined the Board in 2020. He is Vice President for National Laboratories at the University of California Office of the President, where he interfaces with executive level managers at the three UC-affiliated National Laboratories (LBNL, LANL, and LLNL), the LLC partners, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to provide management oversight. He began his career with Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company, and spent 28 years at Los Alamos in roles with increasing responsibility in Nuclear Weapons and Operations, finishing his career at LANL as Principal Associate Director for Operations and Business. Craig has a BS degree in Chemistry from Florida State University, an MS degree in Chemistry from Eastern New Mexico University, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from New Mexico State University.

Jake DeMoe is President of Berkeley Lab Foundation and Chief Development Officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he is responsible for expanding the Lab’s philanthropic base of support. Jake is a senior non-profit executive with more than 30 years of philanthropy experience in the climate, environmental, and academic sectors, including senior roles at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Nature Conservancy (TNC), and UC Berkeley Engineering. A California native and an alumnus of UC Santa Barbara, Jake currently lives in San Rafael, CA with his wife and two daughters. 

Email: Jake.DeMoe@BerkeleyLabFoundation.org